Sunday, December 28, 2008

"Defending champion Wild Oats XI and fellow maxi Skandia sailed Saturday towards an expected tight finish in the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race.Wild Oats XI, trying to win line honors for the fourth straight year, led the 100-yacht fleet out of Sydney Harbour on Friday. It has exchanged the lead with Skandia several times and on Saturday, the two yachts were more than 20 nautical miles ahead of the rest of the fleet in Bass Strait."